Manfreda

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Manfreda >

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Read about Manfreda in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Manfreda ("named after an ancient writer on simples whose work is in the Parisian library"). Amaryllidaceae. tribe Agavoideae. Acaulescent bulbous plants, of somewhat the aspect of Polyanthes, but with nearly straight usually solitary flowers; closely allied to Agave, and requiring similar culture. Leaves thin, lance-oblong, usually denticulate, dying in winter: infl. a raceme; fls. nocturnal, greenish or purplish white, tubular with spreading limb and protruding style and stamens. Chiefly Mexican. Monograph by Rose in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8, Part I, 1903. The lvs. of most species are wavy or crisped at the margin. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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